Two freshman football players from UCONN were arrested for having a weapon in a vehicle and underage possession of marijuana. Photo attribution to Hartford Courant in courtesy of UConn Police.

They were pulled over on October 19th after police officers smelled marijuana coming from the the car. Police officers searched the car and found a BB gun, which later turned out to be a real firearm and found four grams of marijuana, only a ticketable amount.

“They showed that they were irresponsible and as a consequence, they were suspended from team,” senior Mikey Riera said.

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